Event
MCO: Dixit Dominus
- Date: Thursday, 25 November 2021, 7:30pm
- Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, Elisabeth Murdoch Hall — Cnr Southbank Blvd & Sturt St, Southbank, VIC
- Tickets: Premium: $137/$127 | Adult: $67 - $116 | Concession: $56 - $102 | Under40 (ID req.): $40 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (03) 9699 3333
Event Details
A feast for lovers of Handel and an uplifting end to our musical year.
When MCO Artistic Director William Hennessy and Polyphonic Voices Director Michael Fulcher came together to plan the next instalment in their collaboration, Handel’s exhilarating Dixit Dominus was right at the top of the list. With its vigorous orchestral writing and ornate, virtuosic vocal score, this thrilling Baroque landmark is rarely performed professionally in Australia. It’s a spectacle not to be missed.
Adorning the centrepiece, a concerto by Handel, Corelli’s Christmas concerto, the premiere season of Melbourne composer Matthew Laing’s Pantomime and a delicious Poulenc transcription.
Program
HANDEL Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 5 HWV323
POULENC Four Prayers of St Francis of Assisi
(arr. lower strings)
CORELLI Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 8
Fatto per la notte di Natale
LAING Pantomime (2020)
HANDEL Dixit Dominus HWV232
This concert is also being live streamed. Watch it live at: https://watch.melbournedigitalconcerthall.com/#/item/72992
Featured non-Australian music: Handel, Poulenc, Corelli
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| Pantomime : string orchestra (2020) by Matthew Laing — performed by William Hennessy and Melbourne Chamber Orchestra |
Featured artists
- Performer Melbourne Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor William Hennessy
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